Will You Eat a Gar?

skymike · 03-21-2011, 06:35 PM

(you can pick more than one option.)

Stereotype says cajuns eat anything. But this question is directed at Cajun, Creole, and non-Cajun or Creole posters. I know you well enough
to know you are above eating nutria. Garden District and Uptown, I know you will likely abstain. Non-Gulf Coast posters are going, "What is a gar?" Lafayette people might laugh at me, like I'm some kind of deviant, but every one of you has eaten a gar, whether you admit it or not.

Whether you know this, SE Texas is actually an extension of Cajun Country. Look at your map and focus around I-10. The State Line really shouldnt start until you go past Baytown to Beltway 8. We got Acadians, swamps, gators, we work in the oil, rice, and barge biz's, and yes, we have gars.

I was up Lost River, where the Trinity R. deltas into Galveston Bay. (Looks just like the Atchafalaya or any swamp in LaFourche) Had a great time. Gators everywhere. lost crawfish traps. shot pistol. fished... anyway I caught two gar, and my friend laughed when I wanted to keep one. I've always threw em back, mostly because of the trouble of cleaning them, but just wondered yesterday.

Do you eat gar?
How do you clean it?
Do you look down on people who eat em?
Got a recipe?

saintfan · 03-21-2011, 07:37 PM

Even my low-life red-neck family don't eat no gar. What the hell man?

papz · 03-21-2011, 07:41 PM

Sure why not... I recall an old friend of mine telling me it's good. Hell... I'd eat Flipper if it was legal. Well, maybe.

Beastmode · 03-21-2011, 09:29 PM

Yep, patties or gar balls. I've had the gar balls, not too bad. It's just hard to find somebody who knows how to make them edible.

During the depression the feds sent agents to La to see if people were starving. They reported back no and went into detail on the stuff we turned into food. That's what my Dad told me anyway.

foreverfan · 03-21-2011, 10:51 PM

I'd smoke a gar....

This is one of my all time favorites. It's a rare cigar that you can only get it online. If you like gars, this is the
one of the best most affordable ($4) gar out there from my favorite place to buy stogies.

CAO Black - Cigars International
Only 2000 boxes are produced each year and each box is numbered.
Medium bodies with notes of vanilla, cocco, coffee and cream.

saintfan · 03-22-2011, 03:29 AM

No, I will not eat gar sky
I will not eat it in a car
I will not eat it at the bar
I will not eat it on a plane
I will not eat it with a flame
I will not taste it at the lake
I will not eat it with a cake
I will not eat no gar there Sky
And if you make me I will cry

Srgt. Hulka · 03-22-2011, 10:38 AM

I’ve eaten oysters, crawfish, alligator, mud cat, channel cat, opelousas cat, shark, goat, wild hog, escargo, clams, squirrel, deer, something down in Argentina, not sure what it was. I’ve even eaten bar-b-que’d black bird and deep fried armadillo. But gar is something I’ve never had. If I catch a gar, I usually kill it and throw it back, or give it to the folks fishing from the bank. But yes, if given the opportunity, I would eat it…if someone else fixed it. I’ve even had the opportunity to eat mountain oysters…but I turned them down. I do have my standards.

skymike · 03-22-2011, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by saintfan

I will not eat it in a car
I will not eat it at the bar...

Would you could you, just buy in?
Would you could you, with cayenne?
Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka

...If I catch a gar, I usually kill it and throw it back, or give it to the folks fishing from the bank. ..

aha, so there could be a cultural or class divide working here. Perhaps the dislike of gar is merely suburban & Euro-centric. Somebody from Lafayette please weigh in now. Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka

I’ve even had the opportunity to eat mountain oysters…

Totally different dynamic here. I would eat a gar, caught in Buffalo Bayou in Houston. (girl's voice: "Eww!") But I have a strict self prohibition against eating genitalia.

side question to saintfan: how does honeybadger feel about this?

SapperSaint · 03-25-2011, 10:23 AM

I will take the Sarges outlook.

Things I have ate:
Cow
Deer
Chicken
Turkey
Bass
Bream
Crappie
White Perch
Cartfish
MudCat
Channel Cat
Shark
Wood Duck
Mallard
Squirrel
Rattle Snake
Water Moccasin
Shrimp
CrawDaddies
Gator
Lamb
Sheep
Buffalo
Elk
and I'm not sure but I think I am have eaten a Cat at a oriental joint. I guess if I was hungry enough I would eat a gar. Hell, I would eat a Honey Badger if I was hungy enough, just because at that point I really wouldn't give a @%&*!

papz · 03-25-2011, 10:30 AM

If Honey Badger can kill Chuck Norris, what makes you think you can eat Honey Badger?

View Poll Results: Will You Eat a Gar?
Mike, what kind of travel trailer do you live in? No I dont eat Gar.	1	12.50%
Is this a real thread, or did we run out of places to pee outside?	2	25.00%
I generally dont eat things uglier than my prom date.	2	25.00%
Sure, I'd try Gar, if somebody else will clean & cook it.	4	50.00%
Of course I eat Gar. Its man food for real men, you poetry reading flute-boy.	1	12.50%
You bet. You know what they say about a man who will eat a gar...	1	12.50%
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03-21-2011, 06:35 PM	#1
skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	Will You Eat a Gar? (you can pick more than one option.) Stereotype says cajuns eat anything. But this question is directed at Cajun, Creole, and non-Cajun or Creole posters. I know you well enough to know you are above eating nutria. Garden District and Uptown, I know you will likely abstain. Non-Gulf Coast posters are going, "What is a gar?" Lafayette people might laugh at me, like I'm some kind of deviant, but every one of you has eaten a gar, whether you admit it or not. Whether you know this, SE Texas is actually an extension of Cajun Country. Look at your map and focus around I-10. The State Line really shouldnt start until you go past Baytown to Beltway 8. We got Acadians, swamps, gators, we work in the oil, rice, and barge biz's, and yes, we have gars. I was up Lost River, where the Trinity R. deltas into Galveston Bay. (Looks just like the Atchafalaya or any swamp in LaFourche) Had a great time. Gators everywhere. lost crawfish traps. shot pistol. fished... anyway I caught two gar, and my friend laughed when I wanted to keep one. I've always threw em back, mostly because of the trouble of cleaning them, but just wondered yesterday. Do you eat gar? How do you clean it? Do you look down on people who eat em? Got a recipe?
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03-21-2011, 09:29 PM	#4
Beastmode 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,126	Yep, patties or gar balls. I've had the gar balls, not too bad. It's just hard to find somebody who knows how to make them edible. During the depression the feds sent agents to La to see if people were starving. They reported back no and went into detail on the stuff we turned into food. That's what my Dad told me anyway.
Beastmode 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,126

03-21-2011, 10:51 PM	#5
foreverfan 12,000 BS Posts Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 13,457 Blog Entries: 5	I'd smoke a gar.... This is one of my all time favorites. It's a rare cigar that you can only get it online. If you like gars, this is the one of the best most affordable ($4) gar out there from my favorite place to buy stogies. CAO Black - Cigars International Only 2000 boxes are produced each year and each box is numbered. Medium bodies with notes of vanilla, cocco, coffee and cream.
	Last edited by foreverfan; 03-21-2011 at 11:37 PM..

03-22-2011, 10:38 AM	#7
Srgt. Hulka 1000 Posts + Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 4,417	I’ve eaten oysters, crawfish, alligator, mud cat, channel cat, opelousas cat, shark, goat, wild hog, escargo, clams, squirrel, deer, something down in Argentina, not sure what it was. I’ve even eaten bar-b-que’d black bird and deep fried armadillo. But gar is something I’ve never had. If I catch a gar, I usually kill it and throw it back, or give it to the folks fishing from the bank. But yes, if given the opportunity, I would eat it…if someone else fixed it. I’ve even had the opportunity to eat mountain oysters…but I turned them down. I do have my standards.
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03-21-2011, 07:37 PM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Even my low-life red-neck family don't eat no gar. What the hell man?

03-21-2011, 07:41 PM	#3
papz Problem? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,756	Sure why not... I recall an old friend of mine telling me it's good. Hell... I'd eat Flipper if it was legal. Well, maybe.

03-22-2011, 03:29 AM	#6
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	No, I will not eat gar sky I will not eat it in a car I will not eat it at the bar I will not eat it on a plane I will not eat it with a flame I will not taste it at the lake I will not eat it with a cake I will not eat no gar there Sky And if you make me I will cry

03-22-2011, 11:07 AM	#8
skymike E. Side Cholo Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Barrio, H-town Posts: 6,089	Originally Posted by saintfan I will not eat it in a car I will not eat it at the bar... Would you could you, just buy in? Would you could you, with cayenne? Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka ...If I catch a gar, I usually kill it and throw it back, or give it to the folks fishing from the bank. .. aha, so there could be a cultural or class divide working here. Perhaps the dislike of gar is merely suburban & Euro-centric. Somebody from Lafayette please weigh in now. Originally Posted by Srgt. Hulka I’ve even had the opportunity to eat mountain oysters… Totally different dynamic here. I would eat a gar, caught in Buffalo Bayou in Houston. (girl's voice: "Eww!") But I have a strict self prohibition against eating genitalia. side question to saintfan: how does honeybadger feel about this?
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03-25-2011, 10:23 AM	#9
SapperSaint Pink Nightmare Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Mississippi Posts: 3,028 Blog Entries: 7	I will take the Sarges outlook. Things I have ate: Cow Deer Chicken Turkey Bass Bream Crappie White Perch Cartfish MudCat Channel Cat Shark Wood Duck Mallard Squirrel Rattle Snake Water Moccasin Shrimp CrawDaddies Gator Lamb Sheep Buffalo Elk and I'm not sure but I think I am have eaten a Cat at a oriental joint. I guess if I was hungry enough I would eat a gar. Hell, I would eat a Honey Badger if I was hungy enough, just because at that point I really wouldn't give a @%&*!

03-25-2011, 10:30 AM	#10
papz Problem? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,756	If Honey Badger can kill Chuck Norris, what makes you think you can eat Honey Badger?